Keeping and Feeding Hardbills. 



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Keeping and Feeding Hardbills. 



By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 

 (Continued from page 84). 



Hardbills in Cages : I intended my remarks upon this 



point in last issue to 

 have covered this topic, 

 but I have, in the 

 interim, stayed with a 

 friend in the Lake 

 District. and there 

 saw a practicah plain. 

 liandsoDic. box-type 



drawin!j;-room cage, 

 and I am i^iving an 

 illustration and des- 

 cription of same, as 

 a confirmation of and 

 object lesson to my 

 remarks upon this 

 subject; see B.N.. 

 May-June issue, pages 



Miss Harbord's 

 description of her cage 

 is as follows : 



" My cage, of which I enclose photo, was made by our local joiner 

 for the Drawing-room. Its demensions are : s^ft. high, 3ft. wide, and 

 i-|ft. deep. The wire-front section is 43in. x 36in., and the cupboard-hke 

 enclosure at bottom is 2oin. x 36in. It stands on four brass legs, about 

 6in. high, fitted with invisible castors, thus it can easily be moved when 

 required. Two plain brass handles at each side of lower part of cage makes 

 it easy to carry out into the garden. In the wire front are two large 

 doors for attendance purposes ; the large door in lower part of cage allows 

 of thorough cleaning minus dust or trouble. It is painted inside and out 

 with white enamel paint and looks well. Young budgerigars have been 

 reared therein. If required for smaller birds, e.g. waxbills and the like, a 

 more closely barred wire-front is easily exchanged for the present one. — 

 (Miss) M. L. Harbord." 



The above description is a very modest one, for the above 

 cage would adorn any room— there is no attempt at ornamenta- 

 tion whatever, yet a finish is given to the whole by the rounded 



